Pulse
"Do you want to meet a ghost?"
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Produced by: Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Shun Shimizu
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